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February 22, 2017

British Muslim School Teacher Blocked from Flying to U.S.
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A British Muslim school teacher is speaking out after he says he was
denied entry to the United States during a school trip last week-even
though Trump's travel ban had been suspended and the teacher is a
British citizen who was born in Wales. Juhel Miah says he was removed
from the plane at Reykjavík on February 16.

Juhel Miah: "I was in shock. I couldn't believe it was happening. It hit
me the hardest when I looked back and I could see all the kids looking
at me, all the members of staff. And as I was going through the plane,
it felt everyone else on the plane were looking at me as if I was a
threat to them or I would harm them in any way. So, I felt powerless. I
felt like I'm being targeted. And I had no idea why. And there was
nothing I could do."

Juhel Miah was pulled off the plane even though he was chaperoning a
group of schoolchildren on the trip.


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